Power For What?

Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God "can do more than we can ask or imagine."  However, have you every wondered "Do what about what?"  Does this verse reveal an unqualified source of power or is there some kind of qualifier on its use and purpose?

Actually, there is a very specific purpose: that "He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts..." (Eph 3:16, 17).  In order for the Spirit of Christ to live in us, we need power from on high.

One cannot study enough, pray enough, give enough, teach enough or whatever enough to become good enough to be a Sanctuary for the Holy Spirit - only the power of God, through Christ can make that happen - only GRACE: God's Redemption At Christ's Expense, can make one holy.

What is more than we can ask or imagine is to become as holy as Christ himself.  And the only power that can make that possible is the very Spirit of God, who dwells within the body of Christ, which is the church made up of the spirit-filled children of God: "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?" (1 Cor 3:16).

The power is meant for so much more than getting what we want or doing what we desire, it is the power to become what we need to be: One with Christ!  Jus' Say'n.